The Red Wolf is a cousin to the Gray Wolf. The
Red Wolf was actually deemed extinct in the wild
in 1980. There were, luckily, some Red Wolves
were still in captivity, twenty to be exact.
Wildlife conservationists increased the number of
Red Wolves in captivity to 207, and today there
are about 100 living in the wild. A success story,
yes, but the factors that caused the Red Wolf to
become so endangered are still present today, in
that their hunting ground has been severely
depleted. Luckily there are wildlife preserved to the allows these wolves to live their natural habitation through protected from urban sprawl.